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A first for cross-platform carrier billing, Phone-on-File stores user phone number as preferred payment method enabling one-click checkout and subscription billing February 26, 2015 – San Francisco, CA – Boku, the global leader in carrier billing-based mobile payments, has released Phone-on-File, a new cross-platform solution that allows a consumer to store their mobile phone number […]

December 11, 2014 – San Francisco, CA – Mike Cahill, former Boku Vice President of Engineering and one of the company’s earliest employees, today accepted the position of Chief Technology Officer, returning to Boku after a two years serving as Vice President of Mobile Engineering at American Express. Mr. Cahill was formerly Boku’s VP of […]

Combination of two carrier-billing giants will help drive mobile payments standardization for merchants, carriers and consumers October 7, 2014 – San Francisco, California USA — Boku, Inc., the global leader in mobile payments, today announced the acquisition of Germany-based mopay, one of the largest carrier billing companies in the world and one of Boku’s leading […]

Working with 02, EE, and Vodafone, Boku leads carrier billing to maturity as fully regulated payment method, with expansion into real-world mobile payments October 2, 2014 – London, United Kingdom — Boku, Inc., the global leader in mobile payments, unveiled a new initiative, working with its wholly-owned subsidiary, Boku Account Services UK Ltd, and a […]

Watford, September 18, 2014: Corethree, the leaders in m-ticketing technology, today announces a new partnership with Boku, the global leader in direct carrier billing-based mobile payments. The partnership will create a huge benefit to consumers who will, for the first time, be able to charge their bus tickets to their mobile bill, using Boku’s® payment […]

UK publishing giant and Silicon Valley tech startup allow readers to subscribe to top print magazines using only a text message, charge the subscription to mobile August 28, 2014 – San Francisco, CA — Boku, Inc., the global leader in mobile payments, is announcing a new partnership with IPC Media that allows new subscribers to […]

Co-founder and CEO Mark Britto steps into Executive Chairman role for mobile payments leader June 04, 2014 – San Francisco, CALIFORNIA & London, UK — Boku, Inc., the global leader in mobile payments has named former Visa Europe Executive and current Chief Business Officer Jon Prideaux as CEO. Mr. Prideaux has served as Boku’s Chief Business […]

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Mobile payments company Boku is lifting the lid on a new cross-platform payment mechanism today, one designed to make carrier billing a breeze for online transactions.

E-commerce giants such as Amazon, Google, and Apple make the process of paying online easier by storing your bank card details on file, meaning you don’t have to fill in your 16-digit card number for every product you purchase. Now, Boku is launching a new technology designed to replicate this — except your mobile phone number is kept on file instead.

US direct carrier billing mobile payments company Boku has released Phone-on-File, a cross-platform solution that allows consumers to store their mobile phone number as their preferred payment method to enable a one-click checkout and subscription billing.

Phone-on-File is a solution that has been developed with direct carrier approval to provide this functionality and asks the user to provide a standing authorization to the merchant to charge their phone bill up to a specified limit.

Boku, a carrier billing-based mobile payments provider, today announced its partnership with 3 Hong Kong, the mobile division of Hutchison Telecommunications Hong Kong Holdings Ltd., a leading mobile operator in Hong Kong, according to a press release.

Through the new partnership with Boku, 3 Hong Kong subscribers will be able to make purchases on their mobile devices using their mobile phone numbers. At checkout, users choose an item they want to purchase, enter their mobile numbers and confirm the purchase via text. Their items are then billed to their mobile account.